About Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)

Tesla, Inc., formerly Tesla Motors, Inc., designs, develops, manufactures and sells fully electric vehicles, and energy storage systems, as well as installs, operates and maintains solar and energy storage products. The Company operates through two segments: Automotive, and Energy generation and storage. The Automotive segment includes the design, development, manufacturing, and sales of electric vehicles. The Energy generation and storage segment includes the design, manufacture, installation, and sale or lease of stationary energy storage products and solar energy systems to residential and commercial customers, or sale of electricity generated by its solar energy systems to customers. The Company produces and distributes two fully electric vehicles, the Model S sedan and the Model X sport utility vehicle (SUV). It also offers Model 3, a sedan designed for the mass market. It develops energy storage products for use in homes, commercial facilities and utility sites.

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Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Frequently Asked Questions

What is Tesla's stock symbol?

Tesla trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "TSLA."

How were Tesla's earnings last quarter?

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 7th. The electric vehicle producer reported ($3.04) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($3.12) by $0.08. The electric vehicle producer had revenue of $3.29 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.26 billion. Tesla had a negative return on equity of 33.08% and a negative net margin of 16.68%. The company's revenue was up 43.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted ($0.69) EPS. View Tesla's Earnings History.

When will Tesla make its next earnings announcement?

Where is Tesla's stock going? Where will Tesla's stock price be in 2018?

31 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Tesla's shares. Their predictions range from $1.00 to $500.00. On average, they anticipate Tesla's stock price to reach $325.92 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Tesla.

What are Wall Street analysts saying about Tesla stock?

Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Tesla stock:

1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Tesla incurred an adjusted loss of $3.04 per share in fourth-quarter 2017, narrower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $3.19. Revenues increased to $3.29 billion from $2.28 billion registered in fourth-quarter 2016. The figure came in lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.30 billion. The company is making serious efforts to address Model 3 production bottlenecks and ramping up energy storage products. The company continues to target weekly Model 3 production rates of 2,500 by the end of first-quarter 2018 and 5,000 by the end of second-quarter 2018. Tesla is also focused on geographical expansions and acquisitions for growth. The company is also rapidly developing a network of superchargers. However, high research and development costs, low number of chargers and high requirement of capital expenditure are some headwinds." (2/13/2018)

2. Evercore ISI analysts commented, "important piece" of the bullish, but a cautious view is now warranted, Galliers wrote in the downgrade note. Specifically, it is clear that production of the Model 3 sedan in the third quarter was weaker than expected with 260 units produced as opposed to an original target of slightly more than 1,500 units.At this point, there is no indication of whether Tesla fixed whatever production issues it may have had. Investors may need to wait for clarity on the company's third-quarter earnings report on Nov. 1, the analyst wrote. As a best-case scenario, Tesla's management team would say that production of the Model 3 is an "S-Curve" and hasn't changed substantially.However, a more likely scenario to play out would be Tesla's management unable to have 100 percent visibility on the Model 3 ramp until it is able to produce more than one thousand cars a week — which is unlikely to happen until the end of November."In the meantime, we urge caution on 3rd party interpretations of 20 second Instagram feeds from CEO Elon Musk," (10/29/2017)

3. Piper Jaffray Companies analysts commented, "As they scramble to catch up, we think Tesla's competitors only make themselves appear more desperate. With this in mind, even if the Model 3 production launch goes badly, we think customers (and more importantly shareholders) will withhold judgment," the analyst said.Bears Won't MatterPiper Jaffray noted that Tesla remains unscathed despite defying the rules. The firm put forth its argument based on the cash burn rate of the company, a rate that might have invited shareholder wrath even with better-established companies, given Tesla's rickety balance sheet and penchant for raising equity. Additionally, the firm pointed to the unreasonably fast production timelines of the company, its avoidance of the LiDAR self-driving system and the direct sales model it is pursuing, which has put it at loggerheads with the dealers.Raising EstimatesThe firm said it is now more convinced that Model 3 deliveries will begin in 2017, as against its earlier assumption of a mid-2018 commercial launch. Accordingly, the firm tinkered with its forecasts, raising sales estimate but lowering near-term earnings per share estimate to reflect launch inefficiencies."We now expect a more aggressive increase in Model 3 shipments through 2021 (hence our higher estimates), but we assign no credit for new vehicle models or upside in Energy Generation & Storage," (4/10/2017)

4. Deutsche Bank AG analysts commented, "Incorporating the $1.365 bn capital raise into our model, we now estimate that Tesla will likely end 2017 with $1.8bn in cash, a significantly more comfortable liquidity cushion.. We assume Tesla will produce 22k Model 3 units in 2017, of which 20k occurs in Q4. We then assume 250k Model 3 units in 2018. While our assumption for 2018 growth appears very high. we'd note that Tesla is targeting YE2017 production of 5,000 per week. And Tesla is targeting a YE2018 production run rate of 10,000 per week, or a 500k annualized run rate. Including Model S/X and other variants, our 2017/2018/2019/2020 volume estimates are 122k/350k/500k/650k. For comparison, Tesla is aspiring to achieve 1 MM units by 2020." (3/20/2017)

Are investors shorting Tesla?

Tesla saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 28,706,891 shares, an increase of 2.3% from the February 15th total of 29,383,992 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,108,879 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.6 days. Currently, 29.6% of the company's shares are short sold.

Has Tesla been receiving favorable news coverage?

News headlines about TSLA stock have been trending somewhat positive on Monday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Tesla earned a news sentiment score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the electric vehicle producer an impact score of 49.22 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

How do I buy shares of Tesla?

Shares of TSLA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

What is Tesla's stock price today?

One share of TSLA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $316.82.

How big of a company is Tesla?

Tesla has a market capitalization of $54.28 billion and generates $11.76 billion in revenue each year. The electric vehicle producer earns $-1,961,400,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($11.79) on an earnings per share basis. Tesla employs 37,543 workers across the globe.

MarketBeat Community Rating for Tesla (TSLA)

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Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Analysts' Consensus Rating

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